Printemps' Noël au Château (Paris, France)

Apologies for the lack of updates, but as I'm sure you all know, the time around Christmas can get pretty hectic. I've just arrived in Hong Kong where I'll be spending part of the holiday season before heading over to Scotland for New Years, but I hope to post a little more during this time. In addition, the hubs and I have somehow managed to catch a cold on our way over so we're currently feeling very sorry for ourselves.

But in order to get back some of that Christmas sparkle, I've dug through my photo archive to show you all the second part of Parisian department store Printemps' Xmas windows with their 'Noël au Château' theme. As some may remember, the animated Lanvin windows stole some of the limelight, but wedged between Alber Elbaz's cute displays, the very opulent static windows got a fair bit of attention as well (though the kiddies still seemed to prefer the Lanvin puppets). Each window featured a festive gown by one or two prominent designers, many of which I wouldn't mind owning...

Balmain

The yummy macarons come courtesy of Ladurée.

Roberto Cavalli

Setting by Daum and St. Louis.

Manish Arora

Setting by Baccarat.

Valentino

That gown ain't bad, but how cute are those dogs in their outfits? Men's tuxedo by YSL.

Alexander McQueen

Two gorgeous gowns from the FW10 collection.

Lanvin

Black crows and horses match the heavily embellished black gowns. I'm digging those hair accessories...

Nina Ricci

More fab hair pieces to match the glittering gowns. Setting by Lalique.

And in case I don't get another chance: Happy Holidays everyone!